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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1207 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2026
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NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD-
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
CENTRAL INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL
WALDO-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND HIGHLANDS-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-
SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-CHESHIRE-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH-
INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF UPTON, WILSONS MILLS, ANDOVER, BYRON,
MIDDLE DAM, ROXBURY, SOUTH ARM, COBURN GORE, DAVIS, OQUOSSOC,
RANGELEY, AVON, KINGFIELD, PHILLIPS, NEW PORTLAND, BRASSUA,
LONG POND, MOOSEHEAD, PITTSTON FARM, SEBOOMOOK, BINGHAM, JACKMAN,
BETHEL, BRYANT POND, HANOVER, LOCKE MILLS, MILTON, NEWRY, RUMFORD,
NORWAY, FRYEBURG, OXFORD, FARMINGTON, NEW SHARON, NEW VINEYARD,
TEMPLE, WILTON, CHESTERVILLE, JAY, ATHENS, CORNVILLE, SKOWHEGAN,
PALMYRA, PITTSFIELD, EMBDEN, MADISON, HOLLIS, ALFRED, LEBANON,
SANFORD, GOODWINS MILLS, BUXTON, LIMINGTON, BERWICK, NEW GLOUCESTER,
GRAY, NORTH WINDHAM, GORHAM, GREENE, LEWISTON, SABATTUS, WALES,
MINOT, TURNER, AUBURN, LIVERMORE FALLS, AUGUSTA, SIDNEY, WINDSOR,
VASSALBORO, WATERVILLE, CHINA, PALERMO, BROOKS, JACKSON, KNOX,
LIBERTY, MONTVILLE, MORRILL, WALDO, WINTERPORT, UNITY, BIDDEFORD,
SACO, OLD ORCHARD BEACH, KITTERY, PORTLAND, CAPE ELIZABETH,
SOUTH PORTLAND, WESTBROOK, YARMOUTH, BRUNSWICK, ARROWSIC, BATH,
PHIPPSBURG, BOWDOINHAM, TOPSHAM, BOWDOIN, WHITEFIELD, JEFFERSON,
DRESDEN, ALNA, BREMEN, BRISTOL, DAMARISCOTTA, NEWCASTLE,
BOOTHBAY HARBOR, WISCASSET, WALDOBORO, OWLS HEAD, ROCKLAND,
APPLETON, CAMDEN, HOPE, ROCKPORT, THOMASTON, BELFAST, NORTHPORT,
SEARSMONT, LINCOLNVILLE, BRIDGTON, HARRISON, NAPLES, ERROL,
MILLSFIELD, COLEBROOK, BERLIN, DUMMER, MILAN, YORK POND, LANCASTER,
BETHLEHEM, LINCOLN, LITTLETON, SUGAR HILL, THORNTON,
WATERVILLE VALLEY, WOODSTOCK, NORTH CONWAY, ALBANY, CONWAY, CHATHAM,
CRAWFORD NOTCH, LYME, ASHLAND, ELLSWORTH, HOLDERNESS, PLYMOUTH,
RUMNEY, WAKEFIELD, BRIDGEWATER, BROOKFIELD, OSSIPEE, TUFTONBORO,
WOLFEBORO, MOULTONBOROUGH, CLAREMONT, CORNISH, CROYDON, GOSHEN,
GRANTHAM, LEMPSTER, NEWPORT, CHARLESTOWN, BOSCAWEN, CANTERBURY,
CONCORD, DUNBARTON, LOUDON, HOOKSETT, LACONIA, GILFORD, MEREDITH,
BARRINGTON, ROCHESTER, DOVER, ROLLINSFORD, SOMERSWORTH, DURHAM,
MADBURY, GILSUM, KEENE, MARLOW, SULLIVAN, SURRY, JAFFREY,
MANCHESTER, PELHAM, NASHUA, SALEM, ATKINSON, NEWTON, PLAISTOW,
CHESTER, DERRY, HAMPSTEAD, EXETER, GREENLAND, PORTSMOUTH, RYE,
HAMPTON, HAMPTON FALLS, NORTH HAMPTON, SEABROOK, AMHERST, MILFORD,
MONT VERNON, GOFFSTOWN, PETERBOROUGH, SHARON, AND WEARE
1207 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2026
..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLD WATER SAFETY MESSAGE
* AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 60S TO LOWER 70S THIS WEEKEND (50S
ON SUNDAY) MAY CAUSE PEOPLE TO UNDERESTIMATE THE DANGERS OF THE
COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ONLY IN THE MID 50S
ACROSS SEBAGO LAKE AND LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, AND IN THE MID 50S IN
THE REGIONS SMALLER LAKES AND RIVERS.
* THE COLD WATER TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY CAUSE HYPOTHERMIA TO
ANYONE IMMERSED IN THE WATER. WHEN THE WATER TEMPERATURE IS BELOW
60 DEGREES, THE AVERAGE SUBMERGED PERSON COULD LOOSE DEXTERITY
WITHIN MINUTES AND BE UNABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SIMPLE TASKS. ANYONE
ON SMALL BOATS, CANOES, OR KAYAKS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY IF
RECREATING THIS WEEKEND AND USE EXTREME CAUTION TO AVOID THIS
THREAT. PADDLE SMART FROM THE START AND ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LIFE
JACKET!
* GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THE REST OF TODAY, SHIFTING TO
OUT OF THE SOUTH ON SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BE BREEZY ON SATURDAY WITH
SOME GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. IF BOATING ON LARGE BODIES OF WATER,
THESE STRONG WINDS CAN INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF OVERTURNING YOUR
BOAT, CANOE, OR KAYAK DUE TO INCREASED WAVE HEIGHTS.
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